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New Storm Spam Campaign Exploits NACU Rumors

TrendMicro, company that specializes in Internet content security, reports that the Storm botnet is once again attempting to propagate its malicious software. The means to do so is by sending out spam messages which inform about a financial crisis that will engulf the world's economy. A link is of course provided and you are invited to click on it, but by doing so you may become infected with the Storm worm, and your computer will end up as just another zombie in the Storm botnet. Accord... Read »
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